NHTSA Complaint #10239707 — 2004 FORD FOCUS

THERE WERE NO DIFFICULTIES LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY IGNITION. I PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION OF MY 2004 FORD FOCUS AND IT WOULD NOT TURN. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID IT WAS THE CYLINDER IGNITION SWITCH. HE CHECKED ONLINE AFTER SEEING MY CAR AND FOUND THAT THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN FOCUS' SINCE 2000. I THEN DID SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN AND FOUND THE SAME THING. I CALLED THE FORD COMPANY AND THEY SUGGESTED I TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME ALOT OF FOCUS' HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A NEW KEY AND NO ONE ELSE COULD DO THAT. I HAVE NOT TOTALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM YET. THE MECHANIC WHO SAW MY CAR PUT WD-40 IN THE IGNITION AND BANGED A SCREW DRIVER IN IT AND THEN IT TURNS ON. I STILL HAVE TO DO THIS. *TR